For over 20 years, Amanda Choflet has been a nurse.
And for over 20 years, the School of Nursing dean at Northeastern’s Bouve College of Health Sciences has witnessed a nursing shortage — a shortage that is especially acute in under-resourced areas such as southeast Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island.
Northeastern is helping to address the problem by launching an accelerated degree program in Fall River, Massachusetts, with a goal of increasing the talent pool in nursing.
The four-semester program is already popular at Northeastern’s campuses in Burlington, Massachusetts, and Charlotte, North Carolina, and uses a hybrid approach that combines coursework with experiential simulation labs and clinical rotations at top area health care facilities.
Designed for professionals with bachelor’s degrees, and transfer students with at least 62 college credits, the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program caters to lifelong learners who want to move into a career in nursing.
Students enrolled at the Fall River location will benefit from Northeastern’s local partnerships with health care providers and community partners.
